Saturday the nation was expected to be mostly cloudy, with rain starting overnight mainly in the Seoul metropolitan area and inland Gangwon Province.
The Korea Meteorological Administration said very dry conditions would persist around Seoul as well as inland parts of the Chungcheong and North Gyeongsang regions. Rain was forecast to begin in some areas overnight Saturday and spread nationwide between daytime Sunday and Monday.
Forecast rainfall totals were 5-30 millimeters for Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi; 10-40 mm for Gangwon; 10-40 mm for North Chungcheong; 5-30 mm for Daejeon, Sejong and South Chungcheong; and 10-40 mm for Gwangju, South Jeolla and North Jeolla. The South Jeolla coast and the Busan and South Gyeongsang south coast were expected to get 20-60 mm, while Ulsan and inland South Gyeongsang were forecast at 10-40 mm. Daegu, North Gyeongsang, Ulleungdo and Dokdo were forecast at 5-30 mm. Jeju Island was expected to see 30-80 mm of rain in all areas except the north.
Morning lows were forecast at 8.4-13.3 C, with daytime highs of 19.7-24.8 C. Forecast highs included 22 C in Seoul, 20 C in Incheon, 22 C in Suwon, 23 C in Chuncheon, 23 C in Wonju, 22 C in Gangneung, 24 C in Cheongju, 23 C in Daejeon, 23 C in Jeonju, 23 C in Gwangju, 26 C in Daegu, 22 C in Busan, 26 C in Ulsan and 21 C in Jeju.
Seas were forecast at 0.5-2.5 meters. In the Yellow Sea, waves were expected at 0.5-1.0 meters in nearshore and inner offshore waters and 0.5-1.5 meters farther offshore. The South Sea was forecast at 0.5-1.5 meters. In the East Sea, waves were expected at 0.5-1.5 meters nearshore, 0.5-2.0 meters in inner offshore waters and up to 2.5 meters farther offshore.
Fine dust levels were forecast to be moderate nationwide.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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